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Managing Human Element at Work

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Steps in the Induction Programme: The HR department may initiate the following steps
while organizing the induction programme:
1. Welcoming the new recruit to the organization.
2. Providing knowledge about the company: what it is, what it does, how it functions,
the importance of its producers; knowledge of conditions of employment, and company’s
welfare services.
3. Giving the company’s manual to the new recruit.
4. Showing the location/department where the new recruit will work. This step should
include specific job location and duties.
5. Providing details about various groups and the extent of unionism within the company.
In this step the new employee is given a brief idea about the set up of the department,
production processes, different categories of employees, work rules, safety precautions
and rules.
6. Giving details about pay, benefits, holidays, leave, etc.

7. Defining the employee’s career prospects with reference to the training and development
activities that the company organizes with special reference to the new recruits’
position.
Content of the Induction Programme: Keith Davis has listed the following topics that need
to be covered in an employee’s induction programme:

Table 3.3: Topics of an Induction Programme

1. Organizational Issues
• History of the company
• Names and titles of key executives

• Employees’ title and department
• Layout of physical facilities

• Probationary period
• Products/Services offered
• Overview of production processes

• Company policies and rules
• Disciplinary procedures
• Employees’ handbook

• Safety steps
2. Employee Benefits
• Pay scales, pay days

• Vacations, holidays
• Rest pauses

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